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latent

[leyt-nt] / ˈleɪt nt /


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Unfortunately, your phone’s app is more likely to try to satisfy that latent desire than to force you to understand how complex weather modeling really is.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Liang’s team at DeepSeek came up with some of the most important workarounds, including multihead latent attention, or MLA.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Aerosols influence the formation and growth of cloud droplets, which can affect condensation and the release of latent heat.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Building one brings out the latent chef in nearly everyone.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

He was simply the one—as a Chief Rabbit ought to be—through whom a strong feeling, latent throughout the warren, had come to the surface.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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